Books & Audio-Visual
AlleyCat
Use AlleyCat, the CCAC online catalog, to find materials at any of the CCAC libraries
Reference & Overview Sources
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yes Company Profiles
Select "Company Profiles" from menu at top of page.
EBSCOhost info
yes Credo Reference / Xreferplus - Business Credo info
yes Disclosure Corporate Snapshots FirstSearch info
yes WorldScope FirstSearch info
Magazine & Journal Articles
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yes Academic Search Premier EBSCOhost info
yes MasterFILE Premier EBSCOhost info
yes Business Source Premier EBSCOhost info
yes Regional Business News EBSCOhost info
Web Sites
Bloomberg News
The webpage of Bloomberg Financial Markets, publisher of financial books and magazines. Includes a news section that includes top daily headline stories. Mutual funds, stocks, and markets may be tracked. The tools section offers a number of financial calculators and a version of Harvey Campbell's Financial Glossary.
CNBC Business News
Homepage of the financial television program. Program schedules and stock market commentary are available as well as research and information about stocks, bonds, and mutual funds.
CNNMoney
Homepage of the Cable Network News Financial Network. Program schedules, and stock market commentary are available as well as research and information about stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. Includes a search engine for company information and websites. A second search engine facilitates retrieval of financial and market information of publicly held companies by stock exchange ticker symbol. Ticker symbols may be searched using words in the name of a company.
Dow Jones Indexes
Homepage to access various Dow Jones Indexes including the often-cited Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Dow Jones Internet Index cited below as well as other information.
Federal Reserve Board
Lists the 12 Federal Reserve banks on a map that shows the geographic responsibility of each bank. Links are provided to each Federal Reserve Bank's homepage. Clicking to the "Board" link on the menu gives you information about the Board of Governors, monetary policy, the American Banking system, regulations, and the structure and history of the Federal Reserve system.
Federal Reserve System, National Information System
Use this site to search for banks, bank holding companies, savings and loan associations, and credit unions. The institutional history, organizational hierarchy, and financial performance report for each organization is available as well as a list of the top 50 banks and bank holding companies.
Moody's Investment Service
Moody's is a leading global credit rating and research & risk analysis company. This site provides information on its credit ratings for investment funds, banks and other financial institutions, covering more than 250 billion is assets worldwide.
Money Chimp
MoneyChimp provides clear explanations on topics such as how to read an annual report, how much are stocks worth, and what are index funds. Find calculators here as well as formulas that will make the world of finance much easier to understand.
NASDAQ Stock Market
NASDAQ is the stock market on which a large portion of over-the-counter stocks are traded. Large numbers of technology stocks are traded on this exchange. The NASDAQ offers a large array of current market data and index tracking as well as news, stock quotes and initial public offerings.
New York Stock Exchange
Stock quotes, market information, listed companies, the glossary of financial terms, news, and other stock exchanges worldwide may be accessed on this site
Reuters
Reuter's is a company specializing in business news and research and financial markets products. This site offers news, market information and quotes.
SEC Filings & Forms (EDGAR)
All companies, foreign and domestic, are required to file registration statements, periodic reports and other forms through EDGAR. This information can be accessed and downloaded for free.
Securities and Exchange Commission
The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulates securities markets. Access is provided to laws, regulations, news, litigation, and documents filed in Edgar - an online database of documents filed with the Securities and exchange commission. If you wish to search companies by SIC (Standard Industrial code), which enables you to search for companies by industry, See Free Edgar above. Information on brokers, accountants and advisors may be reviewed at this site.
TheStreet.com
Keep track of markets and news. However, much of the information is available only by subscription.
Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
Free content from this Wall Street Journal site includes special reports and business news. Stock quotes are also available as well as links to other Wall Street Journal websites.
Yahoo! Finance
Stock quotes and charts, financial news, insurance information, loan rates, and a tax center are available at this site. There is a very user-friendly setup to enable individuals to track their own stocks and investment portfolios. Registration is required. Links are available to many external sites. Symbol lookup service is also available at Bloomberg News, CNBC Business News, CNNfn, NASDAQ Stock Market, and New York Stock Exchange. These also offer stock tracking services to enable you to keep track of specific stocks.